Laminated fabric for garments.



N. ZUGK & F. G. PFISTNER.

LAMINATED FABRIC FOR GARMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19. 1913.

Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

Application filed September 19, 1918. Serial 10,790,701,

" To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, NIcKoLAs ZUcK and FRANK G. PFIs'rN of Rochester, inthe countyof Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvemtnts in-Laminated Fabrics for Garments; and we do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

The invention relates to garments, more. particularly to coats andjackets, and it has shaped to accord with the detail differences betweenseveral garments of a standard SlZe.

Still another and very important object of our improvement is to befound in the fact that it prevents the hairs of the ha1rcloth fromloosening and pulling from the,

garment, as is now the case, especially with ready-made clothing, theresult being that the front of the coat will hold its original shapeindefinitely.

A further feature of the invention resides in the construction of thehaircloth employed, and the manner in which it is treated to obtain theresults just referred -to.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvementsand combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the endof the specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view showing a portion of a coatfront or stiffening section; Fig. 2 is a sectional view show.- ing apreferred construction of coat front, .and Fig. 3 is a plan view of thestiffening fabric or haircloth. 7

Similar reference numerals in the several -figures indicate the sameparts.

in the following description, we will employ the term coat front, itbeing. understood that by this is meant the stifienin section usuallyemployed in garments, an consistmg of pieces of canvas-and hairclothsuitably secured together andcut toconform to the shape of the garment,such as is the generally accepted understanding of the term coat frontin the'trade.

consisting entirely of hairs and to attach the canvas covering to thehaircloth by a series of parallel rows of stitching, extending oversubstantially every part of the coat front. One chief objection to agarment manufactured in this manner hasbeen that the hairs readily pullout, particularly after the cloth has been pressed and worked severaltimes. Another disadvantage is that a coat front thus made can not beshaped to accord with slightly different conformations, and thereforemust be made in the first instance in more or less exact accordancewith.

the figure. Both of these disadvantages have been overcome by thepresent construction, additional advantages of which will men moreclearly from the following detailed explanation.

We proceed in the first instance by employing, preferably, a speciallyconstructed stiffening fabric which consists of 'a series of. hairs aarranged in spaced relation to each other, and held together by a seriesof threads, which may be of cotton, indicated at b, the latter alsobeing arranged in spaced relation to each other. At one edge, there isprovided a lurality of securing threads 6 disposed ad acent to eachother to form a Heretofore, the usual practicehas been 'to employ a-closely woven stiffening fabric marginal portion, the free ends 0 ofthe cured to the canvas to orm the coat front,

preferably by placing a sheet of canvas against the haircloth andapplying a heated surface thereto while pressing the sheets to-- gether,to liquefy the cement which has been previously applied to thehair-cloth, and cause it to permeate the interstices of the canvassufficiently to effect a close adherence between the layers. In theresent construction, we have shown a sti eningfabric se-- cured betweentwo layers of canvas, thelaitter being designated at all while edesignates the cementitious attaching medium. In addition to securing aclose union between the canvas and the haircloth fabric, the cementperforms an additional function in holding the hairs in engagement withthe threads I) and also with the canvas, so that it is practicallyimpossible for the hairs to loosen and pull out.

In Fig. 1, there is shown at f a marginal line of stitching which it maybe desired to employin some cases, to preclude the loosening of thecement at the edges, although this is not to be considered a necessaryfeature of the invention. 1

It is also within the scope of our improvements to em loy a single sheetof canvas with the sti ening or haircloth fabric, although we have foundthat the best results are obtained where the haircloth is attachedbetween two canvas layers.

In addition to holding the hairs of the stiffening fabric securely, thecementitious attaching medium has a further advantage in that it affordsa pliable and more or less flexible coat front that can be shaped bothat its edges and centrally so as to conform to the figure to which thegarment is being fitted, in a manner that can not obtain when I thecanvas and haircloth are attached by longitudinal or horizontal rows ofstitching, and where thehaircloth consists only of hairs secured inclose proximity to each other, forming a closely woven fabric, which istoo stiff for the purposes in view.

Where we refer throughout the specification to canvas, it is to beunderstood that we intend to cover the use of any protective coveringsuch as canvas, cheese cloth, silesia, or similar material.

We claim as our invention:

1. laminated fabric for a garment stiffener, comprising a layer ofhaircloth, said haircloth embodying a series of hairs arranged in spacedrelation to each other, a layer of protective material, and acementitious attaching medium between the haircloth and protectivematerial.

2. A laminated fabric for a garment stiffener, comprising a layer ofhaircloth, said haircloth embodying a series of hairs arranged in spacedrelation to each other, a layer of protective materialon each side ofthe haircloth, and-a cementitious attaching medium between the hairclothand protec tive material. 1

1 NICKOLAS ZUCK. FRANK G. PFISTNER.

Witnesses: H. E. STONEBRAKER,

RUSSELL B. Gmr'nrn.

